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very slightly kidney form, rounded on the ends, light reddish brown 
splashed and mottled with dull red; occasional beans are almost en- 
tirely covered by the dull red splashings. 
Synonym. The bean received from U. 8S. Consul Beach, as Venez- 
uelan No. 9, proved to be this variety. 
No. 27. Early Feejee— A vigorous bush bean, sending out long 
runners like a pole bean, edible’ pods grayish green sometimes marked 
with purple; beans quite strongly kidney form, rarely compressed on 
the ends, varying from almost pure white to white mottled and 
streaked with various shades of dull blue and drab; full description 
First Report, 1882, p. 109, No. 37. 
Synonym. White's Early. 
No. 28. Marblehead Champion — A rather tall growing pole bean, 
edible pods whitish green with purple dorsal sutures, beans of medium 
size, slightly kidney form, frequently compressed at one end, light 
brown or dun mottled with chocolate; full description First Report, 
1882, p. IlI, No. 43. 
(0. ) Seeds cylindrical or nearly so. 
* Seeds white or in one case marked about the eye. 
No. 29. White-Kidney — A rather tall, strictly dwarf, bush bean, 
edible pods green, beans rather large, quite strongly kidney form, 
rarely compressed at the ends, white with veiny markings, polished ; 
full description First Report, 1882, p. 109, No. 38. 
Synonyms. Kidney, Large White Kidney, Royal Dwarf, Long White 
- Canterbury, Haricot Suisse blanc, Fagioli a cannelini, Weisse Dattel- 
bohne, etc., etc. 
No. 30. ‘Krup Mogenhiuserbohne — A German variety that is 
_ scarcely distinct from the last, but asthe vines send out barren run- 
ners we have given it a separate place. 
No. 31. Haricot du St. Esprit — A strictly dwarf bash bean closely 
resembling in growth No. 29, edible pods green; beans rather large, 
quite strongly kidney shape, rarely compressed at the ends, white 
with veiny markings, polished, about the eye dark brown markings 
in fanciful resemblance to ahuman skeleton or a bird with out stretched 
wings, whence its 
Synonyms. Haricot a la religieuse, Haricot a l’Aigle, Faginlo dell 
Aquila, Muttergottes Stockbohne, Adlerbohne. (The bean sent us 
from Germany as Adlerbohne proved to be the Early China.) 
No. 32. White Valentine.— A bush bean with a distinct twining! 
habit, edible pods green, beans rather small, scarcely or not at all 
kidney form, often compressed on the ends, ‘dirty white with veiny 
markings, polished. On many of the beans the skin is wrinkled as if 
it were too large for the bean. 
Synonym. Haricot intestin. 
** Seeds of uniform color (not white). 
+ Edible pods green. 
No. 33. Long Yellow Six Weeks.— A vigorous, strictly dwarf bush 
bean, edible pods grayish green ; beans slightly kidney form, rarely. 
com pressed on the ends, varying from yellowish brown when first 
shelled to light brown when older, a dark ring about the eye; full de- 
scription First Report, 1882, p. 109, No. 39. ; 
Synonyms. Six Weeks, Yellow Six Weeks, Haricot flageolet jaune, 
Haricot ronds printaniers, Goldbohne, Gelbe Hierbohne, etc., ete. 
